![]() Perhaps they were right to regard Sun as a living celestial being, rather than view the prime enabler of life-on-Earth as just another random event in the infinity of space, deserving neither credit nor appreciation. It is possible that generations of Neolithic peoples, the ancient Sumerians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians, the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Maya, Inca, Aztec, and the ancient Celts and Native Americans were not completely deluded. ![]() I am not only suggesting that Sun is a large complex system with some form of self-governing intelligence to it, but also that it is a living being, aware of itself and its place in the universe that it is fully conscious and communicates with other conscious beings at its own level, and other levels that its consciousness is so far beyond what we enjoy that it could be accorded deity status of a high order, and be recognized as a conscious being by atheists and agnostics, whatever spin they put on it.Īs staggering as this proposition might seem, it is hardly novel, and was once held as a near universal belief or understanding in most parts of the globe. "The proposition is that Sun is a living, conscious being with an intelligence that dwarfs our own. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, chapter XIV ![]() Ramandu: "Even in your world, son, that is not what a star is, but only what it is made of." Maria Temming, How Many Stars Are There in the Universe?Įustace: "In our world, a star is a huge ball of flaming gas." Life is “just choice, right now, between fear and love”."By measuring the number and luminosity of observable galaxies in the known universe, astronomers put current estimates of the total stellar population at roughly seventy billion trillion." I seek to provoke inward thought, and also would love to hear your thoughts to teach and inspire me.įor now, as we go on in our game of life, I leave you this. ![]() Some burned brightly but briefly, all sacrificed. A few geniuses who built roads other will drive upon who gave much for their art : Risking it all does not mean dying young and in pain, but it does mean sacrifice for your art. There are so many parallels between great artists and great leaders, one of which sits at the core of #OpenLeadership, and that is bravery.īravery to “risk absolutely everything for the smallest chance that something absolutely amazing could happen” (per the quote in the “ok is not ok” post).ĭo you want to be someone about whom is said: “others will drive on the road he built”? Are you brave enough to “think different”? Will you risk it all? (cue many entrepreneurs reading this nodding vigorously “yes, been there done that, got the t-shirt!”) The other will drive on the road he built” Absolutely not politically correct (so be warned if you google him), he was a genius of a comedian and thinker, who died at 32 and, over 20 years later, the memory of his work is etched into the memories of so many.Īs Tom Waits described him: “Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truth sayer, and brain specialist. Today I was reminded of the late, great Bill Hicks. In a recent post Ok is not ok, I noted that Neil Young said: “It’s better to burn out, than to fade away” and Kurt Cobain included that in his suicide note.
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